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HENRY' BULL-ARD., 0F IS'IIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent No. 79,726, dated July 7, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN HANDLES FOR TEA AND COFFEE-POTS.

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To ALL WHoM 1r MAY CONCERN;

Be it known that I, HENRY' BuLLnnD, of. Middletown, in the 'county 'ofMiddlesex, and State of Connecticut, have invented a` new Improvement inHandles for Tea and Coffee-Pots; and-I do hereby declare the following,when taken in connection'withthe accompanying drawings, and the lettersof reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the same, and which said drawings'eonstitute part of thisspecification, and represent,in-

Figure 1, la side view, vith the tips detached.

Figure 2, the same, detached from the tips/g and in `Figure 3 a verticalsection, showing the manner of attachment. l

This invention relates to an improvementI in the construction ofhandles-'for tea and coffee-pots, and consists in forming the handleproper from hard rublter, or similar plastic materiel, and Vso thalFthetips may be\a.ttached thereto, without the intervention of othermfaterial, than the tips and handle proper.

lIn order to the clear understanding ofimy improvement, I will fullydescribe the same as illustrated inthe accompanying drawings.

A is the handle, as seen in lig. 2, and may be of any desirable form andconfiguration oi'desigu, formed from hard rubber, or similar plasticmaterial, by making a mould corresponding to-the formd'esired, and compressing the material into the said mould, in the usual manner offorming articles from hard rubber, and cured or hardened by aprocessapplicable to the material used.

The ends, to which the metallic tips B and C are to-be attached, I formso as to leave a shoulder, a, above a recess or reduced diameter, b,below which is formed another shoulder, d, 'as seen in iig. 2, andconstruct the vtips to correspond to their respective ends, so as to seton they lower and against the upper shoulder, as seen in tig. 3, andwhen so set, the notch ofthe tip is compressed into thereduced portion,so as to secure the tip'to the handle, the tips themselves being securedto the tea or coffee-pot in the usual manner.

The handle thus constructed may be of any desirable colorpand being anon-conductor of heat, is peculiarly adapted for this purpose, isexceedingly strong, and much cheaper'than the metallic handle heretoforeused. Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new anduseful, and desire to secure by Letters Phtent,is-

Handles for tea and codec-pots, formedv fromhurd rubber orsimilarmaterial, and so as to be attached to 'the tips B and C,substantially in the manner herein set forth, as a new article4 ofmanufacture.

HENRY BULLARD. i

Witnesses:

Ennionn Psxrrnnn, EDWARD PAYNE.

